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In a sign that he did push House Agriculture Committee Republicans into including work requirements in the nutrition title of the House farm bill, House Speaker Paul Ryan, said Thursday that "workforce development" will be the Republicans' next big push, which is the final...

After the House Agriculture Committee Republicans passed a new five-year farm bill Wednesday on a partisan vote, Chairman Michael Conaway, R-Texas, said that his immediate challenge is to assemble a majority of House members to support the bill.

Despite some of the serious needs in rural America, the debate on the House Agriculture Committee farm bill Wednesday will have no amendments on the direction of major programs and funding for agriculture or rural America.

DTN Political Correspondent Jerry Hagstrom and the Food & Environment Reporting Network's Chuck Abbott both highlighted an issue I have wondering about over the past week: Are farmers thinking about the farm bill?

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, R-Texas, late last week formally scheduled a markup on his farm bill proposal on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The bill is known as H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018.

There's seldom time for reaction and responses in the Trump era. Thursday's focus began on the rollout of the 2018 farm bill. That didn't last long.

Among the changes expected in the House farm-bill draft coming out this week are lowering county rental rates in the Conservation Reserve Program to go along with a 5-million acre increase in potential CRP enrollment

Citing China's tariff response on farmers and manufacturers, President Donald Trump called on the U.S. trade ambassador to consider another possible $100 billion in tariffs on China and the president called on Secretary of Agriculture "to use his broad authority to implement a...

The two tariff announcements combined would impact roughly $19.5 billion in agricultural commodities. Last year, the U.S. exported $19.6 billion in agricultural products to China, according to USDA. Everybody has a little different view on what to do here, but the American Farm...

Mike Johanns, who worked on farm bills as both an Agriculture Secretary and U.S. senator, is becoming less optimistic that Congress will complete a farm bill this year.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, R-Texas, signaled over the weekend he's going against expectations and will drive ahead with a farm bill even though Democrats on his committee are balking at Conaway's proposals for SNAP.

Sen. Ted Cruz's theatrics and demands for White House meetings led to the ethanol industry and biofuel defenders such as Sens Joni Ernst and Charles Grassley to get in front of President Donald Trump. And then they all got to talk about the prospects of E15. Basically, Cruz's...

Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are getting ready to move ahead on drafting a farm bill, ideally in April, and will largely ignore the rancor over food assistance that has tied up farm-bill discussions in the House.

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said on Tuesday that Congress needs to fix the language for Section 199A.

The White House released a proclamation on Monday for National Agriculture Day, March 20.

It's been a busy week for farm bill ideas and agricultural legislation as various organizations are pushing for changes in crop insurance, conservation or the agricultural regulatory environment.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, R-Texas, told reporters today that there will not be a farm bill markup next week.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, R-Texas, plans to mark up the farm bill on March 20, but Democrats are in revolt over the bill's provisions on food stamps and at this point won't support it, House Agriculture ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said in a...

As President Donald Trump pushed his metal tariffs on Thursday, U.S. wheat groups pleaded for the Trump Administration to reengage in the Trans Pacific Partnership.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said Wednesday he wants to mark up the next farm bill in April and that his staff and the staff of Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., are already sending bill language back and...